Sewing Tips: Matching Plaids and Stripes

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Expertly matched plaids and stripes add an extra boost of professionalism to handmade garments, and can also help you avoid any weird stripe-induced optical illusions, ensuring that your clothing ends up looking like it’s supposed to. So, if you need a little bit of help in that area, you’ll definitely want to check out this helpful guide to matching plaids and stripes from The Coletterie!

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This guide was written with one of the Colette Patterns dresses in mind, but the tips provided can be applied to just about any sewing project where perfect lines are a must.

Don’t fear the stripe, embrace it with confidence! Click here to see how it’s done.

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Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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